Box Orbits
Andy writes this morning:
A fun online game, and a great example of how computer games can be educational. I think I may understand something about box orbits at last!
http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/spaced_penguin/default.htm
Cheers!
A
If you’ve been obsessed in recent years by your failure to completely grasp box orbits, here’s an explanation for nonmathematicians. The second illustration amounts to a defnition.
On the other hand, if you like to keep track of what you don’t know about the analysis of box orbits in a triaxial galaxy, here’s a fine start.
If you’d like to look at the math of orbits, with some handsome diagrams, these are courtesy of Prof.dr. M. Franx of Leiden University.
For myself, I think I’ll just sling Kevin a few more times and get back to work.